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During the
20th Canadian Parliament, women continued to sit as members of both the House of Commons and the Senate. Nineteen women ran for seats in the Canadian House of Commons in the
1945 federal election.
Gladys Strum was elected in the
Qu'Appelle riding as a
Co-operative Commonwealth Federation member; she was the fourth woman to sit in the House of Commons and the first woman to serve as president of a Canadian political party.
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Cairine Wilson and
Iva Campbell Fallis continued to sit as members of the Senate.
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